Kribul

Kribul
Крибул
Village
Kribul

Location of Kribul

Coordinates: 41°34′N 23°56′E / 41.567°N 23.933°ECoordinates: 41°34′N 23°56′E / 41.567°N 23.933°E
Country  Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		 Blagoevgrad
Municipality
(Obshtina)		 Satovcha
Government[1]
 • Mayor Ibrahim Shishkov (MRF)
Area
 • Total 11.029 km2 (4.258 sq mi)
Elevation 825 m (2,707 ft)
Population (2010-12-15)[2]
 • Total 387
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2951
Area code(s) 07541

Kribul (Bulgarian: Крибул, old version: Krabul) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.

Kribul Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.[3]

Geography

The village of Kribul is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.

History

In the vicinity of Kribul after archeological research were found the remains of a late medieval church.[4]

In 1873 Kribul (Kraboul) had male population of 140 Pomaks and 50 houses.[5] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Kribul (Крабулъ) was populated by 550 Bulgarian Muslims[6] According to Stephan Verkovic at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 180 Pomaks and 50 houses.[7]

Religions

The population is Muslim.

Notes

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  1. ↑ http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/0142_39726.html
  2. ↑ http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
  3. ↑ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  4. ↑ "Археологически обекти и места" (in Bulgarian). Община Гоце Делчев. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  5. ↑ Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. (in Bulgarian, French, English, Russian) (II ed.). София: Македонски научен институт. 1995 [1878]. pp. 130–131.
  6. ↑ Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 195.
  7. ↑ Райчевски, Стоян (2004) [1998]. Българите мохамедани (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия. p. 111. ISBN 954-9308-51-0.